Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a optical instrument repairer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a optical instrument repairer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Optical instrument repairers repair optical instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, camera optics, and compasses. They test the instruments to ensure they function properly. In a military context they also read blueprints to be able to repair the instruments.

Craft and related trades workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: optical instrument assembler, 58%

optical instrument assembler 58% covered photographic equipment assemb… 45% covered optical instrument production… 32% covered optomechanical engineering te… 31% covered optoelectronic engineering te… 29% covered optical instrument repair… You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from optical instrument repairer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a optical instrument repairer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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optical instrument repairer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a optical instrument repairer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.